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2024

/ Apr 2024

Even more CMS talk

After writing my previous post about my dream blogging content management system, the folks over at Shop Talk asked me

2024

/ Apr 2024

Feeling duped by Amazon's "magical AI" bullshit

Back in the Summer of 2019, I was in Seattle doing customer interviews for work, and I stopped by a

2024

/ Apr 2024

Embrace the weird

The other day I was complaining to a friend how I've been spinning my wheels lately, having trouble

2024

/ Apr 2024

A sandwich so good I nearly wept

I'm a big fan of food and I'm always looking out for new places to eat,

2024

/ Apr 2024

Everyone should try and experience a total solar eclipse at least once in their lives

Today's total solar eclipse features four minutes of totality stretching from Texas to Vermont, but I didn‘t

2024

/ Apr 2024

Ideas for my dream blogging CMS

Ever since I changed over from Wordpress to Ghost to power this site, I've gotten emails and replies

2024

/ Apr 2024

The annual visit to the Woodburn Tulip Farm

Every year around late March/early April I check out the Woodburn Tulip Farm website to see what their field

2024

/ Mar 2024

NWSL week 2: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Instead of a rundown of every game in week 2 of the NWSL season, I thought I'd instead

2024

/ Mar 2024

Some tips for road trips

Since the pandemic began, I've been taking lots of solo road trips around the western US in lieu

2024

/ Mar 2024

NWSL opening weekend recap

Women's pro soccer in the US finally kicked off their 2024 season this past weekend and I tried

2024

/ Mar 2024

The weird world of altruistic YouTube

It all started innocently enough. I bought a new lawn mower and searched YouTube to figure out how to use

2024

/ Mar 2024

Giving a pill to a cat vs. a dog

Our pets have small ailments right now and we're giving pills to both a cat and dog and

2024

/ Mar 2024

American billionaires are a policy failure

I was glad to hear President Biden mention a minimum income tax rate for billionaires of 25% in his recent

2024

/ Mar 2024

The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible

PJ Vogt started one of my favorite podcasts on earth, Reply All, and before that, did one that was also

2024

/ Mar 2024

A few bike things I love

I've ridden bikes all my life, and pretty seriously on the road and dirt since the early 2000s.

2024

/ Mar 2024

The movie theaters aren't alright

At various points in my life, I've tried to maintain a hobby/indulgence of going to a movie

2024

/ Mar 2024

My favorite YouTube video of 2023

The other day I was thinking about all the hundreds (maybe thousands?) of hours of YouTube I watched in the

2024

/ Mar 2024

A short tip for keeping your phone away while driving

The other day I had to grab a USB-A to USB-C cable to use CarPlay in my spouse's